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1203499

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: British National (Overseas)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what the application process and fees, including a possible NHS health surcharge, will be for British National (Overseas) status holders from Hong Kong and their dependants if they wish to apply for an extension of their leave for a further 12 months.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Northover
	uin	HL5699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Graduate route will be introduced in the summer of 2021. Information on the route was provided in the factsheet published in October 2019 https://homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2019/10/14/fact-sheet-graduate-immigration-route/.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Further details of the route will be published shortly.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK will continue to defend the rights &amp; freedoms of the people of Hong Kong. Should China push ahead and impose national security legislation on Hong Kong then we will provide a generous offer to BN(O)s of a bespoke immigration route providing unrestricted access to work and study with a pathway to apply for citizenship.The Home Office is working closely with the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office and domestic departments on the offer to British Nationals (Overseas) and will set out more detail in due course.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/06/2020 16:17:55 question first ministerially corrected 29/06/2020 16:47:57 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 32922 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover

1347024

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) departmental officials, and (2) Ministers, have undertaken the 'Face behind the case' training.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	uin	HL2008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">(1) The ‘Face Behind the Case’ e-learning is for UKVI staff, to highlight the impact decisions have on our customers. As of 28 June 2021, the training has been completed by 9,633 officials across the Home Office. (2) This data is not held by UKVI.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The ‘Face Behind the Case’ e-learning is for UKVI staff, to highlight the impact decisions have on our customers.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As of 28 June 2021, the training has been completed by 10,132 officials across the Home Office.</del></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/07/2021 15:37:03 question first ministerially corrected 17/08/2021 16:08:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 17482 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1081640

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Albania
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Albanian nationals who have received a positive conclusive grounds decision through the National Referral Mechanism have since (1) been repatriated, and (2) returned of their own volition to Albania.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL14173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office engages closely with Local Authorities, through Strategic Migration Partnerships, on a regular basis to assess the effectiveness of asy-lum dispersal and discuss issues such as local cohesion. In addition, accommodation Providers must consult on every property that is to be used for asylum dispersal with Local Authorities who will assess its viability in relation to social cohesion, as well as a number of other factors</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">A governance structure has been established to facilitate a joint review into asylum dispersal which will be co-designed and co-produced by Local Au-thorities and the Home Office</del>.</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office record the number of all individuals referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) and this information is published Quarterly by the National Crime Agency. This information does not distinguish an individ-ual’s immigration status. The reason for this is two-fold, firstly because the NRM is not an immigration route by which individuals should regularise their stay in the United Kingdom and, secondly, because a person’s immigration status is not permanent and can change. <p><ins class="ministerial">Providing the information requested would therefore require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</ins></p></ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/03/2019 17:17:10 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2019 18:05:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 108441 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1184991

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many offers to receive vulnerable unaccompanied children who are currently in Europe have been received in (1) 2019, and (2) 2020, by the Home Office from (a) local authorities, (b) care and fostering agencies, and (c) private individuals.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office works closely with local authorities and third sector partners in order to identify suitable placements for unaccompanied children for transfer to the UK from Europe under our existing obligations.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government remains fully committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (the Dubs Amendment) as soon as possible. We will publish a full data set on the transfers once we have fulfilled this commitment.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have been making further progress with Greece and the other participating states, to transfer more eligible children to move closer to achieving this commitment</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office works closely with local authorities and third sector partners in order to identify suitable placements for unaccompanied children for transfer to the UK from Europe under our existing obligations. The Home Office also has regular engagement with a range of third sector partners.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government remains fully committed to relocating the specified number of 480 unaccompanied children to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 (the Dubs Amendment) as soon as possible. We will publish a full data set on the transfers once we have fulfilled this commitment.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Over 220 children were transferred to the UK under section 67 when the Calais camp was cleared in late 2016. Since then we have been making further progress with Greece and the other participating states, to transfer more eligible children to move closer to achieving this commitment</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/03/2020 14:23:54 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2020 13:24:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 15260 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1092462

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied children seeking asylum who have not yet received a decision on their case have been waiting for a decision for (1) over two years, (2) 18 months to two years, (3) one year to 18 months, and (4) six months to one year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
	uin	HL14716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested, however we are committed to publishing more detailed figures in future data releases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are able to provide a breakdown of total applications pending by duration (±6 months), but we can’t separately identify UASC’s in the dataset. The table has been reproduced below:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Pending Duration (Initial Decision)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Main applicants</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Main + dependants</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">More than 6 months</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12,213</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16,555</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Less than 6 months</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15,043</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19,300</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>27,256</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>35,855</strong></del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office takes its responsibility for the welfare of children very seriously, including ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in every decision taken in respect of the child. There are stringent statutory and policy safeguards in place in the asylum process for unaccompanied children, in recognition of their additional needs.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are looked after by local authorities who have a statutory duty to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, children are assessed with regard to their individual needs and provided with access to education, accommodation and health services, as would be provided to any other looked after child in the UK.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not publish this data in the format requested, however we are committed to publishing more detailed figures in future data releases.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We are able to provide a breakdown of total applications pending by duration (±6 months), but we can’t separately identify UASC’s in the dataset. The table has been reproduced below:</ins></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Pending Duration (Initial Decision)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Main applicants</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Main + dependants</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">More than 6 months</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,555</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Less than 6 months</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,043</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,300</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>27,256</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>35,855</strong></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Children and unaccompanied children seeking asylum, like anyone else claiming asylum in the UK, can claim in two ways; either at port of entry or at one of the national intake units.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office takes its responsibility for the welfare of children very seriously, including ensuring that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration in every decision taken in respect of the child. There are stringent statutory and policy safeguards in place in the asylum process for unaccompanied children, in recognition of their additional needs.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">While in the UK, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children are looked after by local authorities who have a statutory duty to ensure that they safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, regardless of their immigration status or nationality. Under these arrangements, children are assessed with regard to their individual needs and provided with access to education, accommodation and health services, as would be provided to any other looked after child in the UK.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 03/04/2019 16:11:18 question first ministerially corrected 03/04/2019 16:24:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 111857 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

1246858

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £27million of COVID-19 related funding allocated to domestic abuse services has so far been paid out; and how much they have allocated for use by such services in each (1) region, and (2) local authority.
	tabling member printed	Lord Walney
	uin	HL9692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Asylum Operations regularly engage with civil society groups via stakeholder forums and often consult with civil society groups on asylum processes.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Asylum Operations first communicated with civil society groups on the proof of concept for asylum interviews on 22 September 2020. We further engaged on the 6 October 2020 and continue to gather feedback to support the development of the proof of concept. We are in the process of responding in writing to further questions already submitted from civil society groups.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The proof of concept will help establish if there is a longer-term viability. Once the proof of concept phase is complete, we will evaluate as part of ongoing engagement with civil society groups to support further development</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the £27 million of funds which were earmarked for domestic abuse services affected by COVID-19, government departments have as of 28 October 2020 paid out £25,129,341.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Within the £27 million, of the £15 million earmarked for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to distribute to local domestic abuse services through Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), the breakdown by UK region of the funds is as follows:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>UK region</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sum distributed to PCCs in the region in question to distribute to domestic abuse services in their area/£</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,465,536</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,297,433</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,217,191</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North-East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,001,315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North-West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,779,688</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South-East</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,275,251</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South-West</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,199,098</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">940,479</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,166,225</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Yorkshire and the Humber</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,067,868</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The above funds were distributed to the following PCCs:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>PCC</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Sum allocated/£</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Avon and Somerset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">365,583</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Bedfordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">214,654</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cambridgeshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">209,068</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cheshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">222,793</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cleveland</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">354,331</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cumbria</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152,784</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Derbyshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">365,080</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Devon and Cornwall</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">320,775</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Dorset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170,710</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">303,238</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Dyfed-Powys</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96,416</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Essex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">462,273</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Gloucestershire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">113,933</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Greater Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">645,461</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Gwent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152,199</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Hampshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">433,854</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Hertfordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">226,923</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Humberside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116,022</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Kent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">484,381</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lancashire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">380,264</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Leicestershire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">352,997</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lincolnshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">74,881</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Merseyside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">378,386</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">MOPAC (London)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,217,191</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Norfolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">191,926</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">178,500</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">203,407</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northamptonshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188,331</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northumbria</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">343,746</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottinghamshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">316,144</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">513,364</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">405,664</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Staffordshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">284,632</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Suffolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">160,692</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Surrey</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">277,865</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Sussex</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">474,728</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Thames Valley</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">604,423</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Warwickshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">153,308</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Mercia</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">235,586</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Midlands</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">492,699</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">342,775</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wiltshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">228,098</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> Of the £2 million earmarked for the Home Office to distribute to national and regional domestic abuse services, most of the recipients cover more than one UK region and so it is not possible to delineate the funding by region. The exceptions are one organisation which covers only the South-East, which was allocated £5,000, and three organisations which cover only Wales, which collectively were allocated £192,206.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Of the £10 million earmarked for the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government to distribute to safe accommodation services in England, information is not available on the UK regions to which funds were distributed. This is because the exact locations of refuge and safe accommodation services are not revealed for safety reasons, and so may not match the charity’s registered address.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">It is not possible to break any of the three departments’ allocations down to local authority level.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/11/2020 17:39:12 question first ministerially corrected 10/11/2020 17:47:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 60373 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

1181769

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Right of Abode: British National (Overseas)
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from Lord Goldsmith to the Home Secretary on 14 February which stated that the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration does not prevent the extension of full right of abode in the UK to those in Hong Kong who own a British National (Overseas) passport; and what response they intend to make to the reported request in that letter that "false statements" about the nature of his advice in relation to the rights of British National (Overseas) passports should be "retracted and not repeated".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL2031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have received Lord Goldsmith’s letter and we are considering our response. The UK takes seriously its support for BN(O)s and the rights that status confers upon them. We continue to believe that the best outcome for BN(O)s is for the high degree of autonomy and rights and freedoms set out in the Joint Declaration and provided for in the Basic Law to be upheld.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/03/2020 17:44:44 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2020 17:58:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 12691 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1255626

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Suicide
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of police suicides between 2011 and 2019, published by the Office for National Statistics on 30 October 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
	uin	HL10697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The death of any police officer is a tragedy. The Government and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This includes £7.5 to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience, as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic events.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection they need. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on progress.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on our police.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The death of any police officer is a tragedy. The Government and police leaders take this matter seriously and are working to support the mental and physical wellbeing of all police officers and staff.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">We have invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. This includes £7.5 million to fund the development of the National Police Wellbeing Service, which was launched in 2019. The Service is helping forces to identify where there is most risk of impacts on mental health, and developing work around building resilience, as well as putting in place support for those who need it in response to traumatic events.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government has also accelerated work to introduce a Police Covenant, which will ensure our police get the support and protection they need. The Covenant will be enshrined in law, with provisions being brought forward later this session, and the Home Secretary will have a duty to report annually on progress.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our focus will be on health and wellbeing, physical protection and support for families. We are in no doubt that an area we must focus on is mental health support. We will continue to work closely with policing partners to ensure the Covenant has a lasting impact on our police.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/12/2020 16:38:37 question first ministerially corrected 09/02/2021 16:41:22 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 68035 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

1149845

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce violent hate crime towards disabled people.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are taking determined action to tackle knife crime and other serious violence, including by preventing children and young people from gaining access to knives in the first place. It is already illegal to sell knives and certain articles with blade or point to anyone under 18 in England and Wales, whether face to face or online, and the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 will further strengthen the law by stopping knives being sent to residential addresses after being bought online, unless the seller has arrangements in place with the delivery company to ensure that the product will not be delivered to a person under 18. Through the Offensive Weapons Act, we will also introduce new Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will give the police an important new tool to help them to work with both young people and adults at risk of being drawn into knife crime to steer them away from serious violence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">It is vital that the police have the resources and tools they need to tackle knife crime, including possession of knives on our streets. This is why we have increased police funding by more than £1 billion this year, including council tax and the £100 million Serious Violence Fund. Through the Serious Violence Fund we have provided £63.4 million to the 18 police forces worst affected by serious violence to pay for surge operational activity, and £1.6 million to help improve the quality of data on serious violence, particularly knife crime, to support planning and operations. In addition, £35million of the Serious Violence Fund is being invested in Violence Reductions Units which will form a key component of our action to build capacity in local areas to tackle the root causes of serious violence.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We have also launched a national campaign to begin to recruit 20,000 new police officers over the next three years, and we are making it easier for the police to use their important stop and search powers which is a vital tool in tackling knife possession on our streets and in our local communities.In addition, we continue to encourage all police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The latest phase of the operation took place from 17 to 22 September and included targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, and surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins. The operation also includes test purchase operations to identify those retailers who flout the law and sell knives to under 18s. Through our dedicated Prosecution Fund we are supporting Trading Standards to prosecute rogue retailers who repeatedly fail test purchases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We are also addressing the root causes of serious violence by investing over £220 million in early intervention projects, and as announced in the Queen’s Speech, we are bringing forward a new Bill to introduce a new legal duty on public bodies to work together to prevent and tackle serious violence.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Any form of hate crime is completely unacceptable, and this Government takes hate crime very seriously.That is why the Government published the Hate Crime Action Plan in 2016, and refreshed it in October 2018.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Action Plan includes a number of commitments that address all forms of hate crime. These include a review of hate crime legislation by the Law Commission which commenced earlier this year, a public awareness campaign that included specific examples of disability hate crime to make it clear that it is unacceptable. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Additionally, the Action Plan includes specific plans to tackle disability hate crime, including increased engagement with disability stakeholders, hosting two ministerial roundtables with disability groups and social media companies to help tackle online abuse of disabled people, and providing funding for community projects that directly tackle disability hate crime.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/10/2019 17:23:01 question first ministerially corrected 29/10/2019 17:24:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 2221 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1149952

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationality: Hong Kong
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in responding to the request of ex-Hong Kong servicemen for British citizenship for service to the Crown, following their meeting with the Home Office on 30 November 2018 and their supply, in early 2019, of the information requested by the Home Office.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The family Immigration Rules set out the requirements to be met to allow any adult dependant relative of a British citizen to come to the UK. The applicant must be outside the UK and in most cases, the sponsor will be in the UK.The adult dependent relative rules, together with the policy on exceptional circumstances, ensure that leave can be granted for those who demonstrate that, as a result of age, illness or disability, there is a level of long-term personal care required that can only be provided in the UK by their British relative who is here, or who is intending to return here with their dependant relative.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the British Nationality Selection Scheme, that was introduced in 1990 and ran until 1 July 1997, a limited number of Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were settled in Hong Kong could apply to register as a British citizen.We are giving careful consideration to representations made on behalf of those former Hong Kong Military Service Corps personnel who were unable to obtain citizenship through the selection scheme.</ins></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/10/2019 17:45:01 question first ministerially corrected 30/10/2019 18:49:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford previous answer version 2854 answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett